Some of the memorabilia lining the walls came down, but meaningful references to Le Veau d’Or remain, from old photographs of Les Halles (Remember that original family? Those came from them) to street signs — chief among them is the painting of a sleeping calf (or in French, “le veau dort”) that’s been there for a long, long time.
There’s a tiny bar up front with just five seats for walk-ins, and those will be for drinking only. Meanwhile, Tréboux’s son, Derek Summerlin, operates as the maître d’, continuing his family’s legacy as the third generation watching over the storied restaurant.
“It’s great to be in the space and turn the stoves on again,” says Hanson. “For a while, it was always this side thing that was troublesome for one reason or another, as far as what we had to fix, or what we had to renovate. But being in the space has really been amazing, quite honestly. It’s exciting.”
Le Veau d’Or is open Tuesday through Saturday from 5 to 10 p.m. Lunch will follow soon.
Noëmie Carrant is Resy’s New York-based, Parisian-born senior writer. Follow her on Instagram. Follow Resy, too.
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